Nadiyah goes to the fair

After a day spent learning about colleges and all that they offer we knew that we had to balance it out with an evening of fun. I love fairs but I’ll admit that I don’t even do rides. I had a rather not so fun experience at Six Flags on a 6th grade field trip and haven't done a ride since, ha. Although I have no issues with the Space Mountain at Disney, so fun!

I’d rather walk around, play some games (I never win any prizes but Sean does!) and eat all the fair food so usually that is what we do when we go to the fair. This was actually our first time taking a kid to the fair. We have gone with Sean’s family to the fair but we’ve always just gone along and were never actually responsible for anyone. This time we waited on line to buy unlimited tickets that way Nadiyah could go on every ride that she desired. And boy did she! This girl is an adrenaline junkie. No fear whatsoever. Some of the rides that made my heart beat fast just by looking at them, well she had no expression on her face while on them. Hmmm, is something wrong with her? Ha, I kid. I kid. Something is most definitely wrong with me. But she had so much fun and I was so happy to see her sport some big ole smiles.

You see the girl sitting next to Nadiyah? They had them sit together for balance purposes and it was hilarious to see the contrast on their expressions. Sean and I were laughing so hard. Nadiyah was not phased one bit and the girl next to her was having heart palpitations. That girl is basically how I would be next to Nadiyah.

For the first time I didn’t go to the fair for the food. In fact, we only stopped once to get something to eat because Nadiyah wanted to get on every ride possible. And to be honest, it was the most fun I've ever had at the fair. And when she thought the day could not get better we made a stop at Rita's for Nadiyah's favorite dessert before we went home.

Goodbye to summer.

This summer was a really great one. I was able to spend a lot of time with friends and family. There have been several favorite moments of this summer that I did not get a chance to share here. Summer tends to get busy so being behind my computer is usually the last thing I want to do, but I still want these small happenings to be documented here.

Sean and I traveled to upstate NY for Luke and Danielle’s summer barbeque. I did not take any pictures but we had such a good time! If you can remember we visited them in the spring and they are finally back in their house and are so happy to be home. The following day, Colleen threw a brunch for a Pampered Chef party and I ended up buying way too many things. But if there is anything I know I’ll use, it’s kitchen stuff. Here’s a few pictures I took at Colleen's brunch. I did so poorly taking pictures that weekend. I guess, I was too busy catching up ...

Seriously, the best cheeses ever.

Sean and I went to our local fair and had such a blast. We played games, ate entirely too much junk and enjoyed ourselves. It had been a couple of years since our last visit so we made sure to walk the entire fair to check out the games, vendors & food trucks.

My sister and her husband, Ben, threw their annual labor day barbeque and it was so nice to spend some time with my sister and my nephew. I didn’t take many pictures this weekend either but I did get a few that I love.

One weekend we did a Sunday brunch with Cinthia at our favorite place to get sangrias, Tapas! Interesting enough (ok, maybe not that interesting) we first ordered mimosas and then quickly switched to what we usually get. I also had amazing churros as I can’t seem to not order when it's on the menu.

And this isn’t exactly an event but one of my favorite things about summer is that my most favorite fruit is in season. Strawberries are just so amazing in the summer. I am going to miss the heck out of summer strawberries. Goodbye summer. Until next year!

I hope you all enjoyed your summers too! ♥

Labor Day Weekend.

Labor day weekend was jammed packed and in true Faith fashion I may have taken too many pictures, so of course this post may be longer than it really should be. My job let us out earlier so I did all my grocery shopping Friday after work that way I did not have to worry about it all weekend. Sean and I found a Netflix show "Pablo Escobar" and proceeded to watch it during our downtime. We just finished it and although I knew about Pablo Escobar I did not know as much as I thought. You should have seen us googling things we saw on the show to ensure that it actually happened in real life and not just Hollywood. I was surprised to find that the show is pretty spot on and WOAH. He was something else. We hope season two gets here quickly.

On Saturday, my sister and her fiancé threw a BBQ so we headed out to Upstate NY for that. We had a really great time and I was happy to see my little sisters. Oh and Emma, we missed you!

My sister's fiancé, Ben, makes a killer burger. I am not one for burgers but OH EM GEE these were incredible.
Best grilled burger I've ever had.

- The host & hostess.




- There was a lot more food than is pictured. I just didn't want everyone to think I had gone incredibly mad taking pictures of food. Not everyone knows this deep, dark secret of mine. You know, that I love taking pictures of food.




- How gorgeous is my sister & nephew? Their smiles makes me happy.






- Tomorrow is my little (not so little anymore!) sister's birthday! Happy early birthday Maryanna!
I can't wait to celebrate with you this weekend!




On Sunday, Sean and I went to the fair and I completely should have tried fried smores but I didn't, boo to me! I wanted to walk around a bit and see some vendors and then we could not remember where the vendor was located (since it was so big) so I had to get ice cream instead. Hopefully next year I'll get my hands on some fried smores.






After the fair we went to the winery, did a little wine tasting and stocked up on our favorite wines. We left with 6 bottles and I can't wait to share the blueberry wine with my little sister when she visits me since I know she'll love it.

Actually, I just might have to take her to a few wineries around here.







On Sunday, Cinthia and I did brunch and had a little too much food.
OK that's a lie. There's no such thing as too much food ;).





- This is obviously a given.




It was a great weekend and I'm a firm believer that every weekend should consists of three days.
This two day crap is for the birds ;).

Hope that you all have wonderful weekends! xoxo